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Europe’s ‘soft-core’ future of differentiated integration

by Vivien Schmidt on 28th November 2019

The best model for the EU is one of differentiated integration—but with a soft rather than a hard core of member states.

Hungary and Poland, Poland and Hungary

A European pivot from space to time

by Kalypso Nicolaïdis on 11th September 2019

Kalypso Nicolaidis concludes our ‘Euro2025’ series with a look beyond the new EU term, on which it has focused, to the long-term future of the continent.

Brexit deal,UK's European question

An inclusive Green New Deal: the EU must raise its ambition, confidence and determination

by Kirsty Hughes on 30th July 2019

In our ‘Europe2025’ series, Kirsty Hughes argues that a Green New Deal can gel the domestic and neighbourhood policies of the union.

social investment

Rescue, not renewal: social investment for future wellbeing

by Anton Hemerijck and Massimiliano Santini on 29th July 2019

The welfare state in Europe must become a social-investment state if the broken European social contract is to be renewed.

substantive democracy

Giving Europe political substance

by Mary Kaldor on 25th July 2019

In our ‘Europe2025’ series, Mary Kaldor argues that developing substantive democracy in Europe to tame neoliberal globalisation must be the Leitmotif for the coming European term.

mode of action

A new ‘mode of action’ for Europe—prioritising the polity

by Sophie Pornschlegel on 24th July 2019

In the latest contribution to our ‘Europe2025’ series, Sophie Pornschlegel argues the EU needs to rethink its mode of action, in addition to tackling the pressing policy challenges ahead.

Europe from below

Europeanisation from below: still time for another Europe?

by Donatella Della Porta on 10th July 2019

In the latest contribution to our ‘Europe2025’ series, Donatella della Porta argues that it has become increasingly difficult for social movements to envision another Europe from below.

crisis

The challenge ahead: a safer and more dynamic Europe

by Gustav Horn on 9th July 2019

In the latest in our ‘Europe2025’ series, Gustav Horn focuses on macroeconomic institutional reforms for financial stability and a programme of investment to engender vital public goods.

legitimacy

Creating social legitimacy in the EU

by Christian Schweiger on 3rd July 2019

The EU will only survive long-term if it builds its future agenda on broad public support through open dialogue and innovative consultation.

nation-state

Europe’s future: democracy and equality should come first

by Jan Zielonka on 25th June 2019

In our ‘Europe2025’ series, Jan Zielonka offers a vision of a normative, not a technocratic, Europe, driven by the values of democracy and equality.

rethinking Europe

Rethinking Europe—a challenge for trade unions

by Peter Scherrer on 16th May 2019

In our ‘Europe2025’ series, setting the agenda for the EU in the new term following the coming elections, Peter Scherrer outlines a project for rethinking Europe from a trade-union perspective.

Europe as project

From Europe-as-project to a real political community

by Marija Bartl on 24th April 2019

Continuing our Europe2025 series, Marija Bartl argues that the metaphor of Europe as a ‘project’ foregrounds market integration and forestalls the emergence of a European public sphere.

Europe's destiny

Europe’s destiny is at stake

by Léonce Bekemans on 18th April 2019

Léonce Bekemans initiates a ‘Europe2025’ series on Social Europe, which will look beyond the May elections to the challenges in the next term, with a call for a mobilising vision. Throughout its shared history, Europe has always developed as a dynamic entity with many faces, multiple identities and various forms of co-operation. Today, however, its […]

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Working on digital labour platforms: a trade union guide for trainers on crowd-, app- and platform-based work

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Industrial relations: developments 2015-2019

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FEPS Progressive Yearbook

Twenty-twenty has been an extraordinary year. The Covid-19 pandemic and the multidimensional crisis that it triggered have boosted existing trends and put forward new challenges. But they have also created unexpected opportunities to set a new course of action for the European Union and—hopefully—make a remarkable leap forward in European integration.

The second edition of the Progressive Yearbook, the yearly publication of the Foundation for European Progressive studies, revolves around the exceptional events of 2020 and looks at the social, economic and political impact they will have in 2021. It is a unique publication, which aims to be an instrument for the progressive family to reflect on the recent past and look ahead to our next future.


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Social Europe Publishing book

With a pandemic raging, for those countries most affected by Brexit the end of the transition could not come at a worse time. Yet, might the UK's withdrawal be a blessing in disguise? With its biggest veto player gone, might the European Pillar of Social Rights take centre stage? This book brings together leading experts in European politics and policy to examine social citizenship rights across the European continent in the wake of Brexit. Will member states see an enhanced social Europe or a race to the bottom?

'This book correctly emphasises the need to place the future of social rights in Europe front and centre in the post-Brexit debate, to move on from the economistic bias that has obscured our vision of a progressive social Europe.' Michael D Higgins, president of Ireland


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Renewing labour relations in the German meat industry: an end to 'organised irresponsibility'?

Over the course of 2020, repeated outbreaks of Covid-19 in a number of large German meat-processing plants led to renewed public concern about the longstanding labour abuses in this industry. New legislation providing for enhanced inspection on health and safety, together with a ban on contract work and limitations on the use of temporary agency employees, holds out the prospect of a profound change in employment practices and labour relations in the meat industry. Changes in the law are not sufficient, on their own, to ensure decent working conditions, however. There is also a need to re-establish the previously high level of collective-bargaining coverage in the industry, underpinned by an industry-wide collective agreement extended by law to cover the entire sector.


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